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can someone advise me on fitting non-slip floor graphics?
I’m running some floor graphics on my JV3, onto a Mactac vinyl and laminating with appropriate non-slip mactac product. They’re a fairly messy cut shape and there’s lots of them, so I planned on printing as a batch, overlaminating the whole roll, and then trimming on my CG160FX.
BUT one of my freelance fitters has suggested that given that these are going in a busy traffic area (thousands daily) the overlaminate should extend beyond the image by about 10mm all round.
To do that will turn the job from a relatively simple task into a long winded labour intensive hell, and I’d far rather stick to my original plan if it’s viable.
Can someone who produces these regularly offer me some advice please?
regards,
Craig -
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ive never tried these as yet but in my opinion i think your fitter is right!
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Craig…..Most don’t seem to do the 10mm overlap anymore….I have done exactly as you described and not had a problem.
You can still print, cut, laminate, cut [using the CG160FX]
Cheers
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Andrew.
Print, cut, laminate, cut… ??
I’m trying to figure out how to do this. I can print the roll, cut the roll, weed the roll. Then laminate the roll… BUT in weeding I’ll have removed the registration marks, so how do I then cut the larger path to give the 10mm overlap?
If these weren’t going in a theme park restaurant I’d probably do without the overlap, but he’s got me worried now that the high footfall could lift the edges. Then again, what’s to stop the edge of the 10mm lifting anyway!?
Craig
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You can weed without removing the registration marks.
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Hi Craig,
You print first, then remove to laminate, then reload to contour cut. Thats if your printer or cutter has optical eye for registration marks.Steve
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If you wanted to cut a wider laminate try contour cutting around reg marks and leaving them on when you weed.
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going to try that now… unfortunately there are a lot of these so a relatively straightforward job is becoming a cow. Ah well.
Thanks for all of the responses, much appreciated.
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Sorry for the late response as only just seen your post
The trick with floor graphics is to keep the outer shape as simple as possible – no fiddly bits as these will get kicked up and lift.
I would not recommend having the laminate produced oversize as this could cause adhesive residue issues when removing (floor graphic base films should be removable adhesive but laminates should be permanent adhesive)
Most manufacturers recommend smooth cuts to the outer shape (including radius corners on square graphics) this reduces the risk of edge lifting…….unfortunately not all end users or designers take this recommendation on board.
Stuart
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